Do you know which are the world’s most popular video games? Or what is the best-selling game? 🤔
If you’re a gamer, you can discover all the world’s highest scores, fastest speedruns and biggest collectors across every major game, in our latest book, the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, which is out now!
Intrigued?
Keep reading to get a taste of the top 100 gaming records you will discover in the book…👇
Most popular video games
The Gamer’s Edition contains an exclusive list with the 25 most popular video games in the whole world! 🤯
Now, we won’t give away the whole list, but here is a sneak peek:
- Minecraft is 13th
- Roblox is 22nd
Are you surprised? What games do you expect to see at the top?
Check out the book to discover if your favourite game made the list. 😉
Oldest gaming streamer
Yang Binglin, also known as "Gamer Grandpa", was confirmed as the world's oldest gaming streamer (male) at the age of 88!
Yang plays games like Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Sniper, and various puzzle games.
Do you play any of these games?
His collection grew SO MUCH that he now owns over 500 games as he acquired the latest Xbox and PlayStation consoles, including a PS5 gifted to him by Sony and his young fans!
That is every gamer’s dream. 🤩
Best-selling video game
It will come as no surprise that Minecraft was crowned the world's best-selling video game! 😎
In fact, the game that launched online as a free-to-play demo in May 2009 has gone on to sell more than 300 MILLION COPIES across many platforms.
Are you a Minecraft fan?
If you’re wondering who the best-paid Minecraft YouTuber is, you will find the answer in the book… 👀
First dog to hold a speedrun record
This is Peanut Butter (aka PB), a 4-year-old Shiba Inu. 🐕
In 2020, PB was adopted by Twitch streamer JSR, and has since accomplished something that no dog has ever done before…
He broke a speed running world record!
Such a good boy. 🥹
He achieved this by completing Nintendo’s 1985 platformer Gyromite in just 25 minutes 29 seconds.
Longest-running soccer/football video game series
Do you play FIFA? 🎮
The first game in the series, FIFA International Soccer was released on 15 December 1993, and went on to become one of the best-selling games of the year!
Since then, there has been at least 1 FIFA game released every year, sometimes more, bringing the total number of titles in the series to 41.
So how long has the FIFA franchise been running for?
OVER 28 years! 🤯
We hope you enjoyed these gaming records.
And, if you want to discover more, check out Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition – out now!
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